Prof. Dr. Cornelia Lawson

Cornelia Lawson is Full Professor of Economics of Science and Innovation at the Manchester Institute of Innovation Research (MIOIR), University of Manchester. Her research focuses on the performance and career paths of researchers and inventors, including inter-organisational and inter-sectoral research collaboration. She has published on topics of knowledge transfer, AI in science, researcher mobility, and research funding decision making. Cornelia currently serves as Associate Editor at Research Policy. She is a Visiting Researcher at the University of Tokyo, and Adjunct Professor at Hitotsubashi University, Japan.

From November 23 to December 18, 2026, Prof. Dr. Cornelia Lawson will stay at INCHER as part of the EmELHE project. She looks forward to dialogue and collaboration with colleagues at INCHER.